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April 19, 2012

Can Japan Make the Tough Decisions?

Fred Hiatt, Washington Post

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The question here is no different than in Europe or the United States: Can democracies still rouse themselves to do hard things? Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, the sixth Japanese leader in as many years and by many accounts the most sensible, is trying to provide a novel answer.

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